The little guy's lips were slightly open: "Brother..."
Mo Lingwei held her little hand: "Don't talk, just listen to my arrangements, trust me."
His eyes were firm and gentle.
Shen Ningning said no more objections.
Master Lu, the commander of the Forbidden Army, glanced at the hands they were holding and silently withdrew his gaze.
Chen Shaobei had already accepted the order with his fist raised: "In the end, we will protect the county lord and prevent His Royal Highness from having to worry about the future."
With everything arranged, Mo Lingwei summoned the national master to figure out the auspicious time to enter the Zhaori Tower. tonight.
In other words, Mo Lingwei will enter the tower to pray to God tonight.
He gave the order and everyone was busy preparing for the prince's entry into the tower tonight.
Before Shen Ningning left the palace, she held his hand and said, "Brother, if it rains in Shuzhou, can you come out early?"
Mo Lingwei chuckled and reached out to rub her head.
"What are you thinking about? Idiot, the ceremony is complete. You can't get out in less than five days."
"But what if it doesn't rain in five days?"
Mo Lingwei's eyes dimmed and his voice was faint: "There will always be There's no way, you don't have to worry about me."
It was getting late, and he still had many things to prepare, so he could only let Chen Shaobei send Shen Ningning back first.
The little guy was reluctant to leave and held his sleeve: "I will come to the palace every day to see my brother!"
Mo Lingwei stood at the door of the palace, bathed in the glow of the sun, watching her eyes as she walked away, he Smiling slightly: "Okay."
After Shen Ningning left, his expression became completely grim.
He didn't eat anything for five days, had only water to drink, and had to kneel before God for a long time. He knew what this meant.
Concubine Li returned to the palace and dismissed all the palace people, leaving only her confidant nanny by her side.
She slapped the table and said in surprise: "Crazy, Mo Lingwei is absolutely crazy. He actually dared to enter Zhaori Tower for five days and threatened not to eat. As long as he has an old disease, it will kill him immediately." He doesn't want to live anymore!"
Mammy rolled her eyes and said, "Perhaps he wants to make a contribution in front of the emperor. After all, there have been complaints about the prince. If the prince can really pray for rain this time, the people will definitely She changed her mind about him."
"Oh," Li Fei sneered: "It's not easy to pray for rain. Do you really think that you can impress God by kneeling for those five days? For this precious son of his, the emperor has no idea how many times he has knelt before God in private. Buddha, look at it, is it useful?"
Mammy followed and gloated: "That means the prince is not blessed, and the gods do not care about him." Concubine
Li felt that these words won her heart, so after thinking about it, she came up with a vicious plan.
"Come here and do something for me. Find a way to add some salt to the water you give Mo Lingwei every day. If he doesn't eat, he will definitely drink water all the time. I want him to scratch his head when he is thirsty. Lungs."
The best, the old disease can relapse and die inside!
Mammy's eyes lit up: "Your Majesty, I will make arrangements right now."
...
The next night, Shen Ningning couldn't help but asked Chen Shaobei to take her to visit Mo Lingwei.
The Zhaori Pagoda is located inside the palace, located in a rockery. Because it is a place for worshiping gods and Buddhas, few people come here on weekdays.
At this moment, a cool piece of bright white moonlight shines on this place, showing endless loneliness.
The guard is under the stone steps, and on the stone steps, the Sun Tower is bathed in moon frost desolately.
Chen Shaobei was not allowed to approach, so Shen Ningning said, "It's okay, I can just walk up there myself."
"That's okay, then I'll wait for you here." After Chen Shaobei said that, Shen Ningning walked up the steps alone.
The guard briefly checked her and saw that the little guy didn't bring any sharp weapons or food, so he relaxed and let her go up alone.
The door of Zhaori Tower was locked with six locks.
There is only a window as big as a head open on the side. During the day, the palace officials used to deliver memorials and water from here. "Brother~Brother, it's me, I'm here to see you."
Mo Lingwei was kneeling in front of the Buddha to process the memorial. Hearing the words, he immediately walked to the window. He was tall and had to squat down.
Shen Ningning stood on tiptoe outside and jumped with joy when she saw Mo Lingwei's face.
"Brother, your lips are cracked!" The little guy observed carefully and saw that Mo Lingwei's thin lips were dry, cracked, and bleeding scabs, as if they were dehydrated.
Mo Lingwei smiled, his voice a little hoarse: "It's okay, don't worry, maybe it will be fine when I get used to it tomorrow."
Shen Ningning stamped her little feet: "I must be hungry! Fortunately, I brought something."
She She turned around and looked at the guards at the foot of the steps. They all had their backs to her.
While no one was paying attention, she quietly handed the delicacies she had brought from Wonderland through the window one after another.
"Brother, eat quickly. These are the shrimp wontons made by grandma, and..." She handed over a water bag: "I filled a pot of iced sweet pear water especially for you. Drink more.
" Ling Wei was really thirsty.
The clear water here makes your mouth taste salty and bitter the more you drink it.
He took the water bag and drank it in a moment.
The little guy opened the window, blinked his big eyes and said, "Brother, drink slowly, I still have spring water here."
After saying that, she nuzzled her little nose and said, "Eat some wontons quickly."
Mo Lingwei opened the food box, Look at the thin-skinned wontons with large fillings, all glittering and translucent, floating in the bowl with seaweed and dried shrimps.
He chuckled helplessly: "Shen Ningning, eating is not allowed here, otherwise the gods and Buddhas will be unhappy, you know?"
Shen Ningning's innocent big eyes showed a pitiful look.
"I don't know. Then I'll remember it next time. I'll eat it first this time. Brother will explain it to the gods and Buddhas later, and they will understand you!"
Mo Lingwei raised his eyebrows. Where did this little idiot come from? So many theories?
However, he was really hungry.
So I picked up the spoon and finished the bowl of wontons gracefully but quickly.
Like a magic trick, Shen Ningning took out another plate of sliced honeydew and put it in.
Mo Lingwei held the spoon and was silent for a moment: "Did you bring these things in and the guards didn't notice?"
"No! I hid them and brought them in. Brother, eat them quickly."
Under her moist gaze, Mo Lingwei He sat on the floor and finished eating the honeydew melon.
The moment the plate was finally handed out, Shen Ningning heard footsteps coming from below.
Turn around and look.
The little guy's expression changed: "Oops, someone's coming!"
Mo Lingwei saw her suddenly disappear from the window, as if she was squatting down to hide something, and there was a clanking sound.
He was afraid that Shen Ningning would hurt herself, so he said: "It doesn't matter if you are discovered. With me here, they don't dare to talk about you."
However, Shen Ningning straightened up out of breath: "It doesn't matter, hide it!"
Phew, luckily for her. There is a fairyland.
Within a moment, Master Lu, the commander of the imperial army, had already walked to her side with the patrolling imperial guards.
"The county master is still in the palace so late?" Mr. Lu frowned, as if he could smell the aroma of food in the air.